thanks to
rae and ellen for letting us know that the december 20th show at the
crystal ballroom is now booked. here is more info about it:

elliott will
be playing at the crystal ballroom on thursday, december 20. tickets
go on sale this friday at 10 am.

there are
three places you can buy tickets: from ticketmaster, at jackpot records
in portland ($ 1.00 surcharge) or at the crystal box office (no surcharge).

thanks to
justin for taking the time to send this link at citybeat about elliott
covering hey jude by the beatles for the new wes anderson movie, the
royal tenenbaums. an early screening of the film had needle in the hay,
so hopefully its still there! here is the exceprt from the citybeat
site:

filmmaker
wes anderson's upcoming the royal tenenbaums promises a stunning accompanying
cd, just as tasty as his previous rushmore set. opening next month,
the soundtrack features a score by mark mothersbaugh of devo, a cover
of the beatles' "hey jude" by elliott smith and tracks from
the clash, the ramones, velvet underground and nick drake (11.29.01)

2
upcoming shows and an amos update!

thanks to
ellen for sending this exciting news to the elliott smith yahoo! group
list:

elliott's
going to be playing a handful of solo acoustic dates in december.
here's what there is so far:

december
18 san francisco - great american music hall
december 21 seattle - the showbox

also thanks
to fred for sending this update about the "amos house collection,
vol. II." and that the elliott track is the old alternative version
of bottle up & explode! that is most likely the version released
on the u.k. cd single of baby britain and other releases. (11.27.01)

from
the basement on the hill and a benefit song!

thanks to
sarah for pocsting info on sweet addy and steve for sending me a link
to the article at mtv.com. the big news in the article was that the
new record is called from the basement on the hill, that the record
might be finished by the end of the month and that it looks like it
might be out in the spring! the article is full of info (too much to
add here). go to mtv.com to read the whole article and see a recent
picture of elliott!

also thanks
to fred for sending information that an unreleased elliott song is scheduled
to appear on the "amos house collection, vol. II." it is schedlued
to be released on jan. 15. the album is to benefit the homeless. no
word if the song will be a new unreleased song/demo or released bside
or demo. go to the wishing well records website for more info/update
and check out billboard.com for the article about it! (11.17.01)

official
info and beards?!

thanks to
someone really nice for taking the time to send me some official news!
:) here you go:

1. elliott
has new, superb management. it's scott booker, he also manages the flaming
lips so elliott's in great company.

2. don't
know if this is common (rumoured) knowledge but elliott's the sole producer
on his forthcoming album. he's at least 2/3rds of the way done and he's
deciding on the shortlist of songs to make it on.

3. he may
be playing a few acoustic shows before christmas. the dates etc are
being worked out so nothing definite just yet, hopefully, confirmed
within a week.

4. he has
a new bass player who'll be touring. his name is russ and he's a great
musician and brilliant person.

:)

also thanks
to jeffery for taking the time to send this link to audiogalaxy.com.
its an article called, smell my beard. its silly and elliott is mentioned
along with his picture. go here to check it out! (11.16.01)

kcrw
articles and ...the real world

thanks to
fred for letting me know that vh1 and sonicnet have articles online
about the recent kcrw benefit show elliott was a part of. it includes
a comment about the how the new songs will be: "these [versions
of the new songs] are very different than how they will sound on the
record, but this is how they started out," smith said in his dressing
room after the show. to read more visit this link at vh1.com.

also thanks
to jeff for taking the time to type certain parts of recent articles
that includes info about elliott's performance:

la times:

indeed, although
both english eccentric badly drawn boy (a.k.a. damon gough) and american
singer-songwriter smith played intimate acoustic sets featuring new
material, their approaches varied greatly. smith sat, strummed and sang
in the usual fashion.

oc register:

elliott smith
certainly wasn't angling for career-building exposure with his somber
acoustic performance of new songs such as "strung out again"
and "pretty (ugly before)".

there were
slight mentions of him earlier on in each article but these were the
parts that they actually, although briefly, talked about his performance.

finally i
was watching the 11.13.01 episode of the real world on mtv (i dont know
how i ended up on it! i swear!) and i happen to catch that one of the
real world members, rachel, was wearing a say yes t-shirt that was available
on the last elliott tour in 2000. (11.14.01)

kcrw
setlist and a new album tidbit

thanks to
lido for taking the time to send us the setlist from friday's kcrw tribute!:

also thanks
to silke for posting this little update about david macconnell's (goldenboy)
work on elliott's new record on the goldenboy mailing list recently:

david has
been really busy it seems, he told me he did some more work on elliott
smith's forthcoming album which is strongly awaited by some of the mailinglist's
members as i know." (11.12.01)

kcrw
benefit, no more box set and little one

sadly, we
didnt get any reviews or setlist directly about last night's show, but
thanks to courtney, we did have a review of it on the elliott smith
yahoo group. here is a tidbit:

what he sang:
pretty much the same set list as spaceland, but I think the last song
(or one of the last songs) was new.

he was just
as beautiful as spaceland. there were even quite a few smiles, he seemed
very happy, content to be there and very confident with his songs...the
acoustics were perfect, the audience was silent and very respectful.

thanks to
louis for sending this surprising news: elliott smith is regrettably
no longer a domino artiste. but we are proud to have many of his fine
songs in our catalogue of contemporary american songwriting. check it
out.

sorry to
say that the "3 cd box" is now deleted here at domino mart,
check your local independent retailer for copies."

finally,
thanks to a certain person, i was lucky to get the new song, little
one and i have add it to sweet adeline. click here to hear song in real
audio form. (11.10.01)

spaceland
setlist!

:) elliott
did play on the 5th at spaceland and as far as i've heard other than
loud talkers and poor sound, the show was great!

thanks to
chris and wayne from the elliott smith yahoo group list. here is the
setlist:

rumors are
rampant that elliott is playing tonight at spaceland in los angeles.
demo was nice to research it and even though i cant directly confirm
it, here is what she found out:

CONFIRMED
MONDAY 11/5/01 E.S. SPACELAND AT MIDNIGHT!!!

i just called
the club. oh and it's free too!!!

good luck
and have fun l.a. fans if its true! please fill us in too if you are
able to go! :) (11.5.01)

cdnow's
new breed and birddog

thanks to
jo for sending this link: cdnow. cdnow recently featured a thing called:
the new breed greatest songwriters of all time. elliott is featured
as one of those songwriters and xo is listed as number 10 out of 14
others. go cdnow to check it out.

also there
is a new website for the band, birddog! please check it out by going
here: www.birddog.ws. birddog has toured with elliott smith in the past
and elliott has helped produce and play on some of birddog's records
including their new record, a sweet and bitter fancy. i also had a hand
in helping out creating the site. please check it out by going here!
(11.5.01)

box
set out now, movies and final total

thanks to
john and johnny for taking the time to let me know that the new elliott
smith box set is out in stores now. check your local stores that carry
domino recording co. releases. at this time, the set is only available
in europe, but you can still order it from domino-mart.com.

thanks to
catherine for sending this:

i saw a viewing
of a yet-to-be-released film called "goodbye hello" at the
virginia film festival this weekend. dustin hoffman, susan sarandon
and holly hunter are in it. good film. and "between the bars"
was played in it. don't know if there's plans for a soundtrack. hope
so though, cos they chose good music.

also recently
i got a few emails concerning the royal tenenbaums and how an elliott
song will be in the movie. just to update the info, the movie will be
coming out in ny and in l.a. on december 14, 2001. thanks to everyone
who emailed me!

finally,
i just wanted to let everyone know we raised $190.50 on behalf of the
american red cross in support of their work and help of families and
those affected with sept 11th attacks. a whole hearted thanks to everyone
who was involved with the auctions! (11.2.01)